And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But as for that day and hour no one knows it &#8211; not even the angels in heaven<n id="1" /> &#8211; except the Father alone.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Then Jesus came up and said to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others<n id="1" /> to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Then<n id="1" /> the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,<n id="2" /> and<n id="3" /> all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They<n id="4" /> will see <i>the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaveni><n id="5" /> with power and great glory.

After<n id="1" /> Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the<n id="2" /> heavens<n id="3" /> opened<n id="4" /> and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove<n id="5" /> and coming on him.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.p>

I<n id="1" /> tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter<n id="3" /> will pass from the law until everything takes place.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees,<n id="2" /> you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Be<n id="1" /> careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people.<n id="2" /> Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Look at the birds in the sky:<n id="1" /> They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds<n id="2" /> them. Aren&#8217;t you more valuable<n id="3" /> than they are?

If you then, although you are evil,<n id="1" /> know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts<n id="2" /> to those who ask him!

Jesus said to him, &#8220;Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky<n id="1" /> have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least<n id="2" /> in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

And you, Capernaum,<n id="1" /> will you be exalted to heaven?<n id="2" /> No, you will be thrown down to Hades!<n id="3" /> For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time Jesus said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I praise<n id="2" /> you, Father, Lord<n id="3" /> of heaven and earth, because<n id="4" /> you have hidden these things from the wise<n id="5" /> and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He gave<n id="1" /> them another parable:<n id="2" /> &#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed<n id="3" /> that a man took and sowed in his field.

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree,<n id="1" /> so that the wild birds<n id="2" /> come and nest in its branches.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>